Gash-carrier



(No Model.)

L. J-.- BISHOP.

CASH CARRIER.

No. 380,979. Patented Apr. 10, 1888.

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LOUIS J. BISHOP, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

CASH CARRIIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,979, dated April10, 1888.

Application filed November 26, 1887.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern;

Be it known that 1, Louis J. BIsHoP, of Cleveland, in' the county ofGuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvementin (lash-Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and efficientoash-carrier for store-service; and it consists in the peculiarconstruction and arrangement of devices for propelling the carrier, andalso in the peculiar construction of the carrier arranged to run. upon atrack-wire, as will be hereinafter fully described.

Figure 1 is a side elevation with a part of the length of pillar 13broken away. Fig. 2 is a plan view with the pillar B in section, andFig. 3 is a vertical sectional view through the axis of thepropelling-arms.

In the drawings, B represents a pendent support attached to the ceilingand extending to convenient reach in the store. This sup port is made ofa metal pipe or hollow pillar, and to its lower end is attached thetrackwire WV, which extends to the cashiers desk, and upon which isarranged the cash-carrier I. To the bottom of this pillar B is screwed ahorizontal plate, 19, which is connected to another parallel plate, 19,below it by means of three bolts, 0 o 0. The two outside bolts, 0 0, arepadded with a covering composed of rubber tubing, while the middle bolt,0, forms an axis upon which are fulcrumed two curved propelling-arms, AA". These propellingarms have their convexsurfaces next to the carrier,and open and close like the blades of a pair of shears. Their realfunction, however, is that of wiper-cams, which, when they closetogether upon the carrier, act thereupon to force the carrier over theWire, the carrier receiving therefrom an impulse which projects it alongthe track-wire to its destination. The carrier I is, as usual, suspendedupon the track-wire by means of wheels, and at its four corners arearranged vertical rollers J at the points where the propellingarms orwipercams bear against it. These rollers reduce the friction, and makethe carrier to yield to the pressure of the propelling-arms in a mannermore sensitively responsive The propelling-arms in closing upon thecarrier bear equally and simultaneously upon Serial No. 256,260. (Nomodel.)

opposite sides of the carrier, so that the carrier does not rock aboutits point of suspens1on.

The propelling-arms are normally held open or apart from each other bymeans of spiral springs s 8, attached at one end to the arms and at theother end to. the axial bolt or one of the plates 10 p, and a washer, t,placed between the arms on the axial bolt, serves to reduce friction andprevent them from grinding against each other. I I

In order to operate the propelling-arms, a

horizontal frame, L, is connected by bracerods M to the lower end ofpillar B, and is provided with four pulleys, 1 2 3 4, of which the outerones, 1 and 4, are arranged in a horizontal plane and the inner ones, 2and 3, in a vertical plane. H is a pull-cord with a suitable tassel orhandle, which cord extends up to the frame L and is connected to twoother cords, F and G, which pass first over the pulleys 2 and 3, andthen around pulleys 1 and 4., and thence pass to and are attached to therear ends of the propelling-arms. Now, when the pull-cord is drawnquickly down, it will be seen that the propelling-arms, impinging uponopposite sides of the carrier, force it impulsively on to itsdestination. After the carrier has thus been dispatched the springs s srestore the propelling-arms and the padded bolts 0 0 act as stops tolimit their backward movement. The cash box of the carrier I consists ofa cylinder, z, attached to the under side of the carrier in pendentrelation, and having hooks h on its outer surface, combined with anothertelescopic cylinder, j, which slides into i, and has also hooks k, thatare locked into it by a rotary motion to connect the two cylinders.Abayonet-joint may be used, however, to connect these two cylinders insubstantially the same way.

To receive and hold the cashcarrier at the end of its route, aspring-clasp, K, is attached to the pillar B, which clasp also forms anelastic buffer to receive the impact of the carr1er.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. Apropellingdevice for a caslrcarrier, consisting of the combination oftwo curvedface levers disposed with their convex sides facing eachother, the said levers being fulcrumed to operate in opposite directionsupon the carrier with a cam action, as described.

2. The combination, with the track-wire and the cash-carrier mountedthereon and having frietion rollers J at its ends, of the curvedfacepropelling-arms fulcrumed to operate in opposite directions on thefriction-rollers with a Wipercam action, as described.

3. The combination, with the propellingarms A A of the pillar B, withplates 1) p and bolts 0 0 0, the springs s s, pulleys 1 2 3 4, andpull-cords F, G, and H, attached to the propellingarms, substantially asand for the purpose described.

LOUIS J. BISHOP.

Witnesses:

FRANK W. WAGNER, CHAS. F. WAGNER.

